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Colonel Panic · 2022-06-11 15:34:52

Fair point. Maybe I was lucky this time because it all seems to be working fine.

[Edit; the login screen keeps freezing when I use the newest kernel, so you're probably right although the problem is easily fixed; I just use an earlier one instead. It's a problem I've had before, when I used Neptune (a Debian distro with KDE).]

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unklar · 2022-06-12 08:07:45

Colonel Panic wrote:

Fair point. Maybe I was lucky this time because it all seems to be working fine.
[Edit; the login screen keeps freezing when I use the newest kernel, so you're probably right although the problem is easily fixed; I just use an earlier one instead. It's a problem I've had before, when I used Neptune (a Debian distro with KDE).]

Well, that's not very meaningful. Please

inxi -SGxxx

or
Which desktop?
Which login manager?
What are the last ~ 20 entries in the .xsession-errors?

First, refresh the system. Don't log in via the login screen, but press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and log in as root. Then run apt update && apt dist-upgrade. Watch out for any updates that affect the login manager.

When it is done: systemctl reboot and try again to log in as user via the login manager.

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Nili · 2022-06-12 20:19:46

Martin wrote:

I decided to give Fedora a spin on a virtual machine earlier in the week. I had no luck. The live session boots but all I get in the end is an empty and dead desktop. I get a blue-grey background and the top bar with clock, shut down button etc but nothing works.
Any ideas on what might be the issue?
I am using Virtualbox. I have used VB for trying out both Linux distros and BSDs and have never seen this before.
/Martin

Hello Martin, only Fedora forum can tell you something by pasting errors/virtualbox/xorg/wayland logs, i did upgrade from a fixed workstation. I'm lucky as i am a complete beginner in fedora. luckily I had no issues during upgrades.

Unfortunately I have not advanced to this OS, I'm not fast as i have been on my early Debian time. Sorry mate, only an orientation i can tell you pay a visit to the fedora forum.

Colonel Panic · 2022-06-14 14:32:55

unklar wrote:

Colonel Panic wrote:
Fair point. Maybe I was lucky this time because it all seems to be working fine.
[Edit; the login screen keeps freezing when I use the newest kernel, so you're probably right although the problem is easily fixed; I just use an earlier one instead. It's a problem I've had before, when I used Neptune (a Debian distro with KDE).]
Well, that's not very meaningful. Please
inxi -SGxxx
or
Which desktop?
Which login manager?
What are the last ~ 20 entries in the .xsession-errors?
First, refresh the system. Don't log in via the login screen, but press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and log in as root. Then run apt update && apt dist-upgrade. Watch out for any updates that affect the login manager.
When it is done: systemctl reboot and try again to log in as user via the login manager.

Thanks, will write all this down to use later (I'm not in Siduction at the moment).

Colonel Panic · 2022-06-19 12:59:45

Currently testing Exton's spin of MX-21, as a live disk. It has LXQT as its window manager and looks pretty good, except that as usual for an Exton release you have to install your own office suite, which I think is odd for a distro / spin with a 2.8 GB download size;

https://www.exton.se/mx-linux-exton-rem … ld-220524/

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malm · 2022-06-21 19:43:11

Is LXQT using mutter for Window Manager?
They used to run on openbox, but think I read somewhere that they changed the default to mutter.

Colonel Panic · 2022-06-22 18:00:55

malm wrote:

Is LXQT using mutter for Window Manager?
They used to run on openbox, but think I read somewhere that they changed the default to mutter.

I had a quick google for this, and it doesn't appear that it uses mutter as standard although it seems it can be made to use it;

https://www.reddit.com/r/LXQt/comments/ … d_support/

Colonel Panic · 2022-06-22 18:03:13

Colonel Panic wrote:

unklar wrote:
Colonel Panic wrote:
Fair point. Maybe I was lucky this time because it all seems to be working fine.
[Edit; the login screen keeps freezing when I use the newest kernel, so you're probably right although the problem is easily fixed; I just use an earlier one instead. It's a problem I've had before, when I used Neptune (a Debian distro with KDE).]
Well, that's not very meaningful. Please
inxi -SGxxx
or
Which desktop?
Which login manager?
What are the last ~ 20 entries in the .xsession-errors?
First, refresh the system. Don't log in via the login screen, but press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and log in as root. Then run apt update && apt dist-upgrade. Watch out for any updates that affect the login manager.
When it is done: systemctl reboot and try again to log in as user via the login manager.
Thanks, will write all this down to use later (I'm not in Siduction at the moment).

I find I'm getting freeze-ups when I try this;

inxi -SGxxx

though I'm not quite sure why. I'm in Mabox at the moment (which I've just updated) but will try again later.

Colonel Panic · 2022-07-07 15:23:14

Just reinstalled and updated Sparky 6, which seems to be working well. One thing that puzzled me though was that when I came to update the system, it updated Pale Moon GTK3 with the GTK2 version, which strikes me as a retrograde step and not very appropriate when you consider that Sparky is based on Debian Testing; maybe this is a foible of Debian Testing's though rather than Sparky's.

Still, it's good to see that they're still around when so many other venerable distros have fallen by the wayside (I believe they're based in Poland);

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SparkyLinux

A new version of Sparky, 2022.07, has just been released. There's some interesting new software featured on the Sparky site, like NotepadNext;

https://sparkylinux.org/notepadnext/

[EDIT: XFce has developed a couple of weird faults where the windows stay glued to the top and won't move, and menus disappear after about 1/10 of a second; so, I've done what I usually do when similar things happen and installed LXQT. It's not perfect and doesn't do everything I want, but it is at least reliable and it all works.]

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Colonel Panic · 2022-07-12 00:32:11

A similar thing happened in Mint, when Cinnamon froze up twice, at a time when I would have much preferred that it hadn't done. Again the remedy was to install LXQT, and it's working fine again now (I also have XMonad and Spectrwm installed in Mint).

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unklar · 2022-07-30 10:11:03

https://opencollective.com/siduction-eu … xt-release

DeepDayze · 2022-07-30 15:28:21

unklar wrote:

https://opencollective.com/siduction-eu … xt-release

Maybe BTRFS as default filesystem coming at some point? I've tested Garuda Linux (which is Arch based but uses BTRFS as default and using snapper for taking snapshots) and it's pretty neat, so seeing this work on Debian would be good!

Colonel Panic · 2022-08-15 13:37:46

Two fresh installation attempts to report, one of which went well and the other less so. The "successful" one was of Salix 15.0 rc, which I'm posting from now and works well although I don't think the default desktop looks as good as that of Salix 14.2 did.

The "unsuccessful" one unfortunately was of Sparky 6.4. The first time I tried to install it the installation collapsed close to the end, and the second time it didn't even finish loading from the live disk.

Your mileage may vary of course, but on my acquaintance with this one I'd recommend the Sparky 5 series (based on Debian buster) instead, for owners of older computers like mine.

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Colonel Panic · 2022-08-25 09:02:21

I've just installed the latest version of Neptune, 7.5, which for those who don't know is a Debian 11-based distro which uses KDE Plasma as its main desktop manager although there's also a low memory version available from the install screen which uses Enlightenment instead (and which I use).

It's working very well except that the login screen *locks up if I try to boot it up into anything other than Enlightenment, though fortunately Enlightenment's menus allow for other window managers to be selected once you're in it (I'm in Blackbox at the moment).

*As usual, your mileage may vary; I'm not saying that everyone else's login screen will freeze up too, just that it's a possibility.

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rbh · 2022-09-10 17:05:15

I run Knoppix occasionally, but only live session.

Knoppix is a live system, not supposed to be installed. But, you can if you realy want to. More info: http://knoppix.net/wiki3/index.php?titl … stallation

jeffreyC · 2022-09-11 06:49:06

I have only ever used Knoppix as a live system, took their advice not to install it.
Since switching my main system to MX Linux I have not even used Knoppix as a live system but use MX for that as well, their persistence system is great.

rbh · 2022-09-13 07:07:31

mariannemarlow wrote:

Perhaps I'll just keep in on a USB then..

Think that is best...

You know that the Beryllium beta is quite mature?
Beryllium beta iso available for testing

EDIT (jr): This link points to the start of the topic:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=8239

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balloon · 2022-09-13 09:32:41

Knoppix had a Japanese edition, so I've experienced that. I remember getting a CD at an event...

I was away from this place on some event. I left the distribution for a while after that.
In the meantime I'm using Windows and CloudReady.
Even then, there were new encounters. Telnet BBS or something.
(Because Japanese BBS software was based on MS-DOS)

What I hadn't imagined was the Raspberry Pi 400. i got it.
I am now back in the Debian world with the Raspberry Pi OS.
CloudReady can no longer use VNC, Also, after updating ChromeOS Flex, a display problem that seems to be due to insufficient memory began to appear.
so I decided to install a Debian-based distribution on this PC as well.
First, I installed MX Linux and got used to it on the Xfce desktop. (However, this used USB3-SSD)
But I had BL in my head, so I reinstalled BL and am using it now.

I know you've been working on the ARM version of BL, so I may see that work some time later. I have a Pi 400 Japanese version (because the keyboard layout is different!) next to me to do that test.

Colonel Panic · 2022-10-23 15:31:55

I've just downloaded the latest version of ArchBang (22.10, release version 1), and it's working well as a live disk although I haven't gotten round to installing it yet (need to make some space on my hard drive for that to happen).

It uses i3 as its main window manager, and has a nice autumnal theme which is very fitting for this time of year.

https://archbang.org/

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Colonel Panic · 2022-10-29 16:05:02

Colonel Panic wrote:

I'm in GhostBSD at the moment (live disk). Early days and I haven't installed it yet (?) but it seems to be working OK except that so far I haven't been able to get it to mount my USB drive; I'm getting an "Operation not supported by device" message.
(The video driver also won't support any resolution higher than 1024x768 on my system, but that's liveable with for me.)

Further to this post from page 58 of this thread, I have now managed to get GhostBSD (which I'm using as a live disk) to mount my USB drive but it's still stuck at a maximum resolution of 1024x768 and I can't get it to go any higher than that.

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